The associations between smart device use and psychological distress among secondary and high school students in Kuwait

Smart devices (SDs) are widely used among adolescents. Numerous studies have recommended further research on this topic to find out the prevalence of SD overuse among school students and to what extent this is associated with psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the pattern...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0251479
Main Authors: Buabbas, Ali Jasem, Hasan, Huda, Buabbas, Mohammad Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Age groups
Anxiety
Anxiety - etiology
Anxiety - psychology
Behavior, Addictive - psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Body weight
Child
Colleges & universities
Computer and Information Sciences
Computers, Handheld
Demographic aspects
Depression - etiology
Depression - psychology
Depression, Mental
Editing
Education
Electronic devices
Engineering and Technology
Female
Gender
High school students
Humans
Internet access
Kuwait
Likert scale
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Methodology
Overtraining
Overweight
People and Places
Prevalence
Psychological aspects
Psychological Distress
Psychological stress
Psychology
Public schools
Questionnaires
Reviews
Risk factors
Schools
Secondary schools
Smart devices
Smart phones
Smartphones
Social networks
Social Sciences
Stress
Stress in children
Students
Students - psychology
Systematic review
Tablet computers
Teenagers
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Smart devices (SDs) are widely used among adolescents. Numerous studies have recommended further research on this topic to find out the prevalence of SD overuse among school students and to what extent this is associated with psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the pattern of SD use among secondary and high school students in the state of Kuwait, as well as the possible associations with psychological problems, weight, physical activity, and school performance. The correlational study design aimed to survey students from public schools by using a questionnaire and valid instruments, which included: Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) and Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Scale-(DASS-21). Pearson's correlation coefficient, t-tests, one-way ANOVA were applied to find associations or significant differences between the categorical variables, in which p 
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0251479